SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers are scaling back promotional benefits for the launch of iPhone 8 smartphones later this week, industry sources said Tuesday, amid subdued interest for the handset. U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has said it will start sales of the iPhone 8 in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The market of fifth-generation network services in South Korea will reach some 35 trillion won (US$31 billion) in 2025, as the faster network technology is anticipated to be used in many areas from mobile phone networks to smart homes and connected cars, industry data showed Sunday. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — When it comes to cell phone bills in South Korea, the overwhelming public sentiment is that people think they are paying too much at the moment. The row between the government and telecom companies over efforts to reduce phone bills in recent years mirrors the frustration very palpable in a [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Major South Korean telecom providers, namely KT, SKT and LG U Plus, have been finding themselves embroiled in a series of controversies in recent weeks, as pressure from the government and public to cut mobile phone bills continues to grow. In recent weeks, the Moon administration, emboldened by overwhelming [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s mobile carriers are keeping a watchful eye on possible moves by the government to cut subscription costs for telecom services that will impact their earnings, industry watchers said Sunday. The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning will hold a session with the State Affairs Planning Advisory [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean mobile carriers are bracing for a possible shake-up of phone bills, as the government inches towards scrapping what are known as basic charges, fees that have been a key driver of profits for telecom companies in the past. After years of criticism and complaints, pressure from newly-elected [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Big Three Korean telecommunications companies (SKT, KT and LG Uplus) have consolidated their in-house mobile app stores into a single entity called ONE store. The service took off Wednesday with mixed expectations about its ability to offer a compelling challenge to Google. Prior users of the T Store [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government will establish what it is calling a ‘smart quarantine system’ in order to prevent the influx of foreign diseases. The government will coordinate with KT, a major phone service provider, and use international roaming information as part of its efforts. The Ministry of Science, ICT and [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 19 million smartphone and other mobile device users in South Korea have adopted various types of “data plans” that offer unlimited talk and text services for free, reflecting a surge in mobile data traffic, industry officials said Monday. The big-three local firms — SK Telecom Co., KT [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s big three mobile carriers on Monday divided up four new bandwidths via a government auction that ended earlier than expected. It will allow SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. to upgrade their services amid surging data traffic in the tech-savvy nation where most of [...]